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Perception and choice of substratum by epifaunal amphipods associated with seagrasses

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Date Issued:
1980
Title: Perception and choice of substratum by epifaunal amphipods associated with seagrasses.
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Name(s): Stoner, Allan W., creator
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Article
Issuance: single unit
Date Issued: 1980
Publisher: Inter-Research Science Center
Extent: 8 p.
Physical Description: pdf
Language(s): English
Identifier: 3350838 (digitool), FADT3350838 (IID), fau:6458 (fedora)
Note(s): The present study was designed to test the habitat preferences of epifaunal amphipods when offered three different seagrass species and a highly branched red alga. Because of differences in the ratios surface area to biomass among the plants, experiments were designed to test whether amphipod habitat selectivity was based on plant biomass or surface area. Adaptive significance of habitat selectivity in epifaunal amphipods is considered in relation to predatory behavior of major amphipod consumers.
This manuscript is available at http://www.int-res.com/ and may be cited as: Stoner, A. W. (1980). Perception and choice of substratum by epifaunal amphipods associated with seagrasses. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 3, 105-111.
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #181.
Subject(s): Amphipoda
Seagrasses
Biomass
Lagodon rhomboids
Predation (Biology)
Indian River (Fla.: Lagoon)
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3350838
Restrictions on Access: ©1980 Inter-Research Science Center
Host Institution: FAU